A 22-year-old mother charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter claimed she heard voices from her television telling her to hurt her daughter prior to the girl's death, according to a police report.
Justine Johnson has pleaded not guilty to one count of felony murder and one count of first-degree child abuse, according to the Iosco County, Michigan, Prosecutors' Office. She is being held without bond. An attorney for Johnson declined to comment when reached by CNN.
According to the police report provided to CNN by prosecutors, Johnson told an official from Iosco County Child Protective Services (CPS) that the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants" was on TV when she heard voices through the television and that the television threatened to kill Johnson unless she hurt her daughter, Sutton Mosser.
A CPS official told police Johnson said she was going through heroin withdrawal and used cocaine the day she allegedly killed Sutton, who had turned three years old two days prior to her death, the police report says.
"My office intends to proceed to trial, so a jury" can make a determination of guilt, Iosco County Prosecutor James A. Bacarella told CNN. "This case is a horrible tragedy and I cannot imagine the level of grief felt by the family that loved this child." Reached for comment, Johnson's mother, Alisa Johnson, told CNN, "My daughter loved her child" and "the people are portraying her as someone she is not."
According to a police report, Oscoda Township Police officers responded in the early morning hours of September 17, 2021, to a home in Oscoda Township after Johnson's brother, Knesley Johnson, called police and reported finding a human foot sticking out of a black garbage bag.
Johnson's other brother - a teenager - told investigators he'd woken up around 6 p.m. the evening before and saw his sister doing what he believed were drugs in the bathroom, the report says. He told police he'd asked Johnson where Sutton was, to which he said she replied, "mind your f***ing business."
The teen left for a few hours, and when he returned home that night, no one was home, he told police. When Knesley Johnson arrived home from work, the younger brother asked about Justine's whereabouts, the report says. He then began searching around the home, when he found the foot sticking out of the bag, the report says. He then alerted his brother Knesley, who called the police.
When police arrived, they confirmed that the bag contained the body of a girl who would be identified as Sutton, the report says. She had suffered multiple stab wounds.
Police located Justine Johnson soon after, walking along a railroad track. She was initially detained, but refused to answer questions by detectives, the report says. She was arrested later that day.
Police informed CPS about the death, and the agency opened its own investigation. As part of that inquiry, the CPS specialist assigned to the case interviewed Johnson on October 1.
The specialist told police that Johnson said she was going through opiate withdrawals and using cocaine the day her daughter was killed, according to the police report.
According to a recording of their conversation described in the police report, Johnson told the specialist that "SpongeBob SquarePants" was playing on the TV at her mother's house. She said that the television told her "they were going to kill me" if she didn't hurt her daughter, the police report says. Johnson also said she'd "blacked out" and did not remember having hurt Sutton.
Afterwards, Johnson said she had gone to her own home, tried to kill herself, and then was heading back to her mother's house when the police found her, according to the police report.
Johnson appeared in court February 4, at which point the judge found probable cause for the case to go trial. She's next due in court on February 28.
If convicted, the felony murder charge carries with it a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The first-degree child abuse charge also carries with it a life sentence if found guilty.
PSG & France superstar Kylian Mbappe is set to be offered a deal worth an incredible €50m per year after tax, plus an additional €40m sign on fee at Real Madrid.
Mbappe’s contract would see him paid around €137,000 each day.
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Kanye West was keen to flaunt his new romance with girlfriend Julia Fox on Wednesday, as the pair left a surprisingly star-studded dinner date after spending the evening with Madonna and Floyd Mayweather at Delilah in Los Angeles.
Putting on a show for waiting fans, the rapper, 44, was seen kissing and embracing the actress, 31, and it's no surprise she's caught his eye as she put on a gravity-defying display in extremely low-slung leather trousers and a matching crop top.
Julia, who has made no secret of her blossoming romance with Kanye, also shared a peek at her cello tattoo sprawling across her lower back, after showering her man with kisses outside the eatery.
Getting up close to the cameras, Julia leaned in for a kiss with her new beau Kanye, after they enjoyed a star-studded dinner together.
Showing off every inch of her impressive figure, Julia slipped into a skintight leather polo neck crop and extremely low-slung trousers.
The models highlighted every inch of her toned torso, as she and Kanye leaned in for a kiss following their dinner together.
Julia finished her look with tight black gloves and matching heeled boots as she and Kanye left the swanky eatery hand-in-hand.
Julia also offered a glimpse of the large cello tattoo emblazoned across her back under the tight black crop top.
Such an inking, which is typically chosen by women, can define fragility, vulnerability, originality and creativity, or from a negative perspective can be interpreted as a sign of personal tragedy and a great loss.
As they arrived at the eatery, Kanye and Julia were accompanied by a bevvy of other stars, including the legendary hitmaker Madonna who appeared in a group snap with the pair, posted by Evan Ross on Instagram.
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather was also spotted making his way into the eatery, followed by Kanye's new pal Antonio Brown and The Game, with a video shared from inside the venue showing the stars all mingling and laughing together.
TC Candler has released the 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2021, with Myanmar model Paing Takhon, 25, topping the list. On the day the list was released, Takhon was jailed for three years for taking part in mass protests following the Myanmar military coup in February.
In second place is Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, 38, followed by BTS star V, 25, and Dune actor Timothee Chalamet, 26. A second BTS star, Jungkook, 24, was named the fifth most handsome face of 2021. British actors Henry Cavill and Lucien Laviscount, the latter a breakout star of Netflix series Emily in Paris's season two, also make an appearance on the list.
Celebrities › by WriterNig(op): 6:46pm On Feb 10, 2022*. Modified: 3:01pm On Feb 27, 2022
